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ISHERWOOD: AM HOPES ARRIVAL OF OLYMPIC TORCH WILL SPARK INTEREST IN THE GAMES IN FLINTSHIRE |
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May 11th 2012
FOLLOWING concern among Flintshire residents that the Olympic Games “would not benefit the county in any way,” North Wales Assembly Member, Mark Isherwood, has spoken of his hopes that the arrival of the Olympic torch will spark local interest.
Speaking in the Assembly Chamber, Mr Isherwood referred to the fact that The Flintshire Chronicle recently ran an online poll, which found that nearly nine out of 10 people felt that the Olympic Games would not benefit Flintshire in any way.
He added: “However, I am more of a glass-half-full person. Therefore, do you agree with the West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce, which said: 'Organisers are reiterating their belief the competition will be beneficial…and we are obviously optimistic this will be the case for firms across the region. The arrival of the Olympic torch to the region in late May could be the catalyst to spark local interest’?
The Minister for Business, Enterprise Technology and Science, Edwina Hart, agreed that the arrival of the torch could be beneficial to the areas in passes through.
She said: “Hopefully, the fact that the Olympic torch is going all around the UK will be a catalyst, as some people might take the opportunity to go to another area to see it. I think that we have to be hopeful about the Olympics. We have the Olympics in London, so we have to talk them up and see what benefits they bring. If they bring just a dozen people who are large inward investors into the UK and they like what they see, we could end up getting something out of it. Therefore, it is important to recognise that we need to talk up the Olympics now, especially as we have excellent teams going forward—hopefully, to get gold medals.”
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North Wales AM Mark Isherwood, Shadow Minister for North Wales, Communities and Housing
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